The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1887-07-23
EMMA LOSES HER HAIR.
She was First ChlOrOformed and
then Robbed OF Her Luxuriant
TresseS.

Miss Emma Shafer is pretty and
petite young ,.idy, well known in South
side social cirt,es She is blonde, and
until recently possessed wealth of
beautiful wavy hair, such as any woman
might well be proud of. Both her par
ents are dead, and she keeps house for
her three unmarried brothers at the
place above named. At about 81 o'clock
Tuesday morning a man came to Miss
Skaters residence and rang the door
bell. She was combing her hair at the
time, and did not take time to put it up
before answering the summons. A we'll
dressed stranger, who was standing on
the steps, asked her if she had any
combings of her hair which she would
sell. She replied that she had not.
The man then asked her If she would
sell her own hair, at the same time stat
ing that he would give her ten dollars
for it. The young lady replied that she
would not part with her locks on any
terms. She told him, however, of a
young lady friend who had had her hair
cut off some months ago, who would be
glad to sell it. The man then took his
departure, as Miss Shafer supposed, to
go in quest of the young lady to whom
she had referred him.
Some hours later Miss Shafer called
on her friend to ask if she had sold her
hair, and was surprised to learn that no
one had made any attempt to purchase
it. At about 2 o'clock, when Miss Sha-
fer was alone in her home, lady, heav-
lily yelled, and wearing a silk circular.
called at the house and asked if she
wished to buy a hair crimper. She in
vited the woman into the parlor, told
her she had no use for such an article,
but thought she might sell one to a
young lady in a neighboring house.
Excusing herself, Miss Shafer went out
to bring in the young lady, but found
her busy. On her return, the woman
said: LET me try the crimper on your
hair, and You can then show your friend
how it works.
Suspecting nothing, Miss Shafer took
q seat in an easy chair next to her WIS.,
itor, and turned her back around 50 that
the woman could begin operations on
the hair. The next instant she was for
chilly seized, handkerchief applied to
her nose, and she knew nothing further
until she revived and found herself lying
on the floor of the room, her visitor
gone, and also her golden tresses.
Harry Shafer, the young lady's broth
er, CHANGED to return To the house. Not
finding his sister, he began calling for
her, and, listening for a reply, heard
means proceeding from the parlor. He
entered the room and found his sister
unconscious. Neighbors We're sum-
moned and the young woman was soon
restored to her senses. How long she
was unconscious she was unable to state,
but it must have been nearly an hour.
When seen by a reporter, Miss Shafer
was very nervous and weak from ex-
element and the effects of the chloro-
form. Her hair was cut off very irregu-
larly and evidently very hastily, some
of it being left six inches long and the
rest not more than two inches. Whether
the robbery was the spitework of some
unknown enemy or not, it was evidently
planned and carried out by some one
who knew the house and chose time
when it was known that the young lady
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